Chatelaine-hook.



No. 703,821. Patented July I, I902;

L. B. PBAHAR.

CHATEYLAINE HOOK.

(Application filed Dec. 26, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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LOUIS B. PRAHAR, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CHATELAl-N E-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.703,82 1, dated July 1, 1902.

Application filed December 26, 1901. Serial No. 87,387. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom, it mag concern.-

Be it known that I, LoUIs B; PRAHAR, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Chatelaine-Hook, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a chatelaine-hook which will be of simple, durable, and economic construction, and, f urther, to provide a spring-controlled tongue for holding the hook safely upon a belt or band, which tongueis operated at the front portion of the hook through the medium of I an upwardly-extending lever-handle.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed'out in'the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partof this specification, in which similar characters of. reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improved chatelaine-hook. Fig. 2 is a longitu dinal vertical section taken centrally through the hook and showing the locking-tongue in two positions.

away. Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a hook diifering slightly in construction, the front ornament being removed. Fig. 5 is a central longitudinal section of the complete form of hook shown in Fig.4; and Fig. 6 is arear elevation of the same, the rear member of the frame being broken away. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal central section through a hook differing slightly in'construction from that shown.

a slight difference in the construction of the frame; and Fig. 10 is a perspective view of. the lever-handle used in the type of hook shownin Figs. 7, 8, and 9.

In the form of the device shown in Figs. 1,

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the hook, the rear body member being broken 2, and 3 the body is in one piece and comprises a front member A and a rear member B. The front memberAis preferably widened between its ends, and thewidened portion is so shaped as to form an ornamental section 10; but this ornamental section may be of any contour or size. The front member A is upturned at its bottom portion to produce a hook 11, upon which the strap or chain of a chatelaine is hung, and usually the rear member B inclines to a greater or less extent from the rear face of the front member, as is shown in Fig. 2. A flat surface is produced upon the inner face of the front member A of the frame, usually by securing a plate 12 thereto, which plate carries a spring 13, secured at one end and having a hearing at its other end upon a tongue 14, the tension of the spring being exerted in a downward direction. The tongue 14: extends normally upwardly to an engagement with the inner or front face of the rear member B of the frame, as is shown in Fig. 2, and the lower front portion of the tongue 1 is shown integral with an angular or curved handle 15, which also acts as a lever, since the said handle-lever is fulcrumed in bearings 16, represented as carried by the plate 12, The inner portion of the handle-lever 15 has movement in an opening 17, produced in the plate, and the outer portion of the handle-lever extends through and is capable of movementin an opening 18 in the front member A of the frame, which opening 18, as shownin the drawings, is usually produced in the ornamental section 10.

The handle-lever'15 is preferably given substantially the shape shown in Fig. 2, its inner end extending upward and outward from the tongue and its outer member downward, so that by pressing down upon the outer member of the handle-lever 15 the tongue will be carried upward to a substantially vertical position, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, which is the releasing position of the tongue.

When the chatelaine hook is to be worn, the band, belt, or other-support for the hook is received between the tongue .1 1 and the rear member of the frame, and the tongue in its normal position will bite the support and will prevent the hook being accidentally removed, as while the tongue is in its normal position any upward movement of the hook to accomplish such removal will serve to bind the tongue more firmly against the support. In fact, the hook cannot be removed from its support until the handle-lever is manipulated to release the tongue from its binding engagement with the support.

The device as shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6 differs from that shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 only in the construction of the frame, the frame being made in two pieces instead of being bent to shape from a single piece of material. To such end the frame, as is best illustrated in Fig.5, consists of a back member B, integral with a front member A, and an ornamental member A, secured to the outer face of the front member. The front member A of the frame terminates at its lower end in a hook 11 and is provided at or near itscenter with an opening 19, together with lugs 20 at the ends of the opening extending from the front face of the front member and a loop 21 above the opening. The lockingtongue 14 and its controlling handle-lever 15 are of substantially the same shape as the tongue 14 and its lever 15. (Shown in Fig. 2.) The handle-lever 15 extends through the opening 19 and is pivoted to the lugs 20, and the tongue 14 is normally in engagement with the rear section B of the frame. The tongue is held in its normal or binding position by a spring 13, shown secured at one end to the loop 21 and having a bearing at its other end upon the tongue 14*. The ornamental section A is secured to the outer face of the front section A of the frame by rivets, solder, or equivalent means and is preferably offset from the frame at its central portion, so as not to interfere with the pivotal support of the tongue 14 the lever-handle 15 of which extends out through an opening 22 in the ornamental section A of the frame, as is shown in Fig. 5.

In the construction shown in Figs. 7 and 8 the frame of the device is similar in construction to that shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, comprising a front member A in one piece with a back member B and provided with an ornamental section at the back, to which a plate 23 or its equivalent is attached, carrying ears '24, adjacent to the ends of an opening 25*.

One member of the angular tongue 25 is passed upward and outward through the opening 25 and the other member extends normally upward to an engagement with the back member B of the frame, being held in such position by a spring 26, attached to one I end of the frame and having a bearing in an upward direction against the forwardly-extending member of the tongue. Under this construction the lever-handle 27 for the tongue is separate therefrom, but is arranged to operate thereon. This handle-lever is of angular formation, as is shown in detail in Fig. 10, and

is provided with a wide head 28, which bears upon the front member of the tongue 25, asis of the device the outer end of the handle-lever is lifted upward when the tongue is to be car- I ried out of clamping or binding engagement with the support for the hook.

In the construction shown in Fig. 9 the same divided form of tongue and handle member, (designated, respectively, as 31 and 32) is employed as in the type shown in Fig. 7; but the frame employed is approximately that shown in Fig. 5, comprising a rear member B a front member A continuous with the rear member, and a front ornamental member A attached to the front member A by lugs which enter slots in the member A and are pressed to place against the inner face of the ornamental member bya spring 34. The front member A of the frame is provided with an opening 29, through which a member of the tongue 31 extends, the tongue being pivoted in lugs 30 near opposite margins of the opening, and a loop 33 is formed in the front member A above the hook 11 at the lower end of the member, the loop 33 serving to hold one end of the spring, the other end of which has upward bearing against the forward member of the tongue 31. The handle 32 for the tongue is constructed as shown in Fig. 10, and its body portion is passed outward through an opening in the ornamental member A Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. In chatelaine-hooks, a body-frame having connected front and back members, an angular tongue pivotally connected with one member of the frame, both sections of the tongue having an upward inclination, one section of the tongue being normally in engagement with the inner face of the rear member of the frame, a handle member in operative connection with the tongue, which handle member extends out through an opening in the front of the frame and is adapted to be raised and lowered, having suitable movement in the said opening, and a spring carried by the frame, acting to hold the rear section of the tongue in position to engage with the rear member of the frame, as described.

2. In a chatelaine-hook, the combination with a body-frame consisting of a back member and a front member, the front member terminating at its lower end in a hook, and an ornamental plate at the outer face of the front member of the frame, which plate and which front member are provided with registering openings, of a locking-tongue mounted in the said frame and provided with a handlelever which extends out through the openings IIO In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of 10 two subscribing witnesses.

LOUIS B. PRAHAR.

Witnesses:

J NO. M. BITTER, J. FRED. 'AOKER. 

